Macro-Economic News
Agro Centric Kogi State is state with highest food inflation rate in Nigeria @24.3%
According to the latest consumer price index, Kogi State is officially the most expensive place to buy food items in Nigeria.

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3 months agoon

According to the latest consumer price index, Kogi State is officially the most expensive place to buy food items in Nigeria. The middle belt state printed an inflation rate of 24.3% inflation data from the Bureau of Statistics reveals.
Kogi State also tops the chart for All Items inflation rate printing 19.81% also the highest when compared to any other state in the country.
READ: Central Bank says monetary policy not to blame for rising food cost
Nigeria’s inflation rate for the month of November was 14.89%, up from the 14.23% recorded in October 2020. The rising cost of goods and services is driven mostly by food inflation with the country recording a 34 month high of 18.3%. Analysts point to the border closure, insecurity situation in the country, and logistic issues as the major reason for the rising cost of food prices.
READ: Kogi launches N4 billion rice factory, eyes 5000 new jobs
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However, Kogi State appears to be the epicenter of inflation in the country coming tops on both the general inflation rate and food inflation rate. Following Kogi State in descending order are Zamfara, Sokoto, Ebonyi, and Plateau States respectively. The rest are Yobe, Rivers, Ekiti, Osun, and Anambra State. All the states mentioned have an inflation rate above the country average of 18.3%.
READ: Nigeria’s food Inflation rises by 110.5% in five years
The Irony of Kogi State
The galloping inflation in Kogi State is a huge concern considering the strategic location of the state as an Agriculture State. Kogi State claims over 70% of its population as farmers yet prices of foodstuff remain the highest in the state. Just recently, the state governor Yahaya Bello revealed he provided 100 tractors and distributed the same to farmers across the 21 local government areas of the state.
READ: Lower disposable income and rising food inflation is a potential crisis
“If we must end food insecurity in the state, we must promote and encourage the young, old and empower the youths, women by providing them the necessary materials or tools”
He said the incentives were meant for farmers, women, and youths, as part of efforts to boost food security, create employment and income for the people of the state. In October Kogi State released the sum of N633 million as part of its Food Sufficient Plans. The amount is meant to be used to funds its Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) program which it believes will make the state the top producer of rice, cashew, and cassava.
READ: Nigeria’s inflation rate to moderate by first half of next year
The galloping inflation in Kogi State once again puts into perspective the focus on Agriculture policy that has been implemented by the government since 2015. Despite being a largely farming state it ranks highest in terms of food inflation.
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Transport fare watch: Motorcycle “Okada” commuters paid less in January 2021
Commuters on motorcycle per drop (Okada) paid less in January 2021 than they did in December 2020.

Published
5 days agoon
February 26, 2021
The average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop decreased by 11.60% month-on-month and increased by 95.22% year-on-year to N259.33 in January 2021 from N293.36 in December 2020, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report for the month of January 2021.
According to the report, commuters in Taraba (N400.80), Yobe (N400.15) and Rivers (N400.00) paid the highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop while commuters in Adamawa (N84.22), Katsina (N134.90) and Kebbi (N152.05) paid the lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop.
READ: Transport Fare: Motorcycle “Okada” commuters paid more in November
Other key highlights
- The average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity decreased by 0.25% month-on-month and increased by 39.55% year-on-year to N2,346.41 in January 2021 from N2,352.19 in December 2020.
- Commuters in Abuja FCT (N4,482.24), Lagos (N3,300.23) and Sokoto (N3,300.00) paid the highest bus journey fare intercity while commuters in Bayelsa (N1,600.45), Bauchi (N1,640.20) and Enugu (N1,687.45) paid the lowest bus journey fare within city.
- The average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city decreased by 0.66% month-on-month and increased by 74.75% year-on-year to N352.15 in January 2021 from N354.49 in December 2020.
- Commuters in Zamfara (N600.00), Bauchi (N522.75) and Ekiti (N458.77) paid the highest bus journey fare within city while commuters in Oyo (N189.46), Abia (N205.22) and Borno (N240.79) paid the lowest bus journey fare within city.
- The average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey increased by 0.02% month-on-month and by 18.27% year-on-year to N36,463.65 in January 2021 from N36,454.59 in December 2020.
- Passengers in Anambra (N38,600.00), Cross River/Jigawa/Lagos (N38,500.00), Bauchi (N38,400.00) paid the highest airfare while States with lowest airfare were Akwa Ibom (N32,450.00), Sokoto (N33,700.00), and Gombe (N35,000.00).
- The average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 3.68% month-on-month and by 38.58% year-on-year to N786.19 in January 2021 from N758.27 in December 2020.
- Passengers in Rivers (N2,280.00), Delta (N2,250.45) and Bayelsa (N2,200.10) paid the highest fare by water while states with lowest fare by waterway passenger transport were Borno (N245.10), Gombe (N290.77) and Kebbi (N340.00).
READ: Transport fare for motorcycle “Okada” more than doubled in 2020
Why this matters
Transportation cost takes a huge portion of budget for most lower/middle-class Nigerians and as well takes not less than 20% of their take-home pay packages.
The drop in fares paid by the commuters on motorcycle per drop (Okada) is a welcome development.
Transport by motorcycle (Okada) has been popularly adopted in most cities by businessmen, government workers, and students to overcome traffic congestion, and for the advantage that it can navigate roads that are inaccessible to automobiles and buses, particularly in villages and urban slums.
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The moment Emefiele predicted Nigeria will be out of recession in Q4 2020
The CBN Governor had expressed optimism last year that the country was going to come out of recession in Q4 of 2020.

Published
1 week agoon
February 21, 2021
It is no longer news that Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, against all expectations exited recession as its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.11% in the last quarter of 2020 (year on year).
However, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had expressed optimism last year that the country was going to come out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2020.
According to the report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), this is the first positive quarterly growth in the last 3 quarters following growth in telecommunications and agriculture which seem to make up for the sharp drop in oil prices and production.
The surprising rebound of the Nigerian economy is coming against the prediction of the country’s Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who while speaking at the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit, said that Nigeria is expected to exit recession by the first quarter of 2021.
The CBN Governor had during the November 2020 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, predicted that the country was going to come out of recession by the fourth quarter of 2020.
This as he said that many analysts expressed doubts about that and were waiting to prove him wrong.
In a video during a press conference as seen by Nairametrics, Emefiele said, “You said that in November MPC, I was cautiously optimistic that fourth-quarter GDP will be positive thereby taking Nigeria out of a recession that I was aggressively optimistic that during the first quarter, we will exit recession. I am praying very seriously that my prayer should be heard because I know that people are waiting to put my neck on the chopping board to say that I do not know my work.’’
What you should know
- Despite Nigeria’s surprise exit from recession, experts have still expressed their reservations about the country’s weak economy which is faced with several challenges for businesses ranging from foreign exchange pressure, high unemployment level, increasing consumer prices, serious security challenges, weak investor confidence, etc.
- This is as the growth in GDP was primarily driven by the Information and Communication sector and the Agricultural sector.
- However, the surprise rebound of the economy means that Nigeria may recover faster than expected as crude oil prices and production increase this year.
- This also shows that the country needs to redouble its efforts in the growth of the non-oil sector which contributed 94.13% to Nigeria’s GDP.
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